2019 Honours and Awards
In 2019, many Faculty members won international, national and local awards for their outstanding work.
Prof. Farhan Asrar | 2019 Award of Excellence, The College of Family Physicians of Canada |
Prof. Adelle Atkinson | Program Director of the Year Award, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
Prof. Anna Banerji | Peter Henderson Bryce Award, The First Nations Child & Family Caring Society |
Prof. Richard Bazinet | Ralph Holman Lifetime Achievement Award, The American Oil Chemists’ Society |
Prof. Alan Bernstein | Honorary Degree, University of Toronto |
Prof. Robert Boyko | Knight of Justice of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem |
Prof. Joseph Raymond Buncic | Member of the Order of Canada |
Prof. Jill Cameron | Fellow of the American Heart Association |
Prof. Angela Colantonio | 2019 Women in Rehabilitation Science Award, The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine |
Prof. Graham Collingridge | Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours |
Prof. Michael Cusimano | Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award, University of Toronto President’s Impact Awards, University of Toronto |
Prof. John Dick | 2019 Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research |
Prof. Daniel Drucker | Endocrine Society's John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship |
Mr. Carlo Fidani | Honorary Degree, University of Toronto |
Prof. Michael Fehlings | 2019 Vilhelm Magnus Medal, Norwegian Neurosurgical Society |
Prof. Susan George | 2019 Prix Galien Canada Research Award |
Prof. Cheryl Grady | Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada |
Prof. Samir Gupta | 2019 Lead Investigator Award, Asthma Canada |
Prof. David Jenkins | Medal of Honour, Health Research Foundation of Canada |
Prof. Lewis Kay | Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, University of British Columbia Okanagan |
Prof. Sidney Kennedy | Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada |
Prof. Khamran Khan | President’s Impact Awards, University of Toronto |
Prof. Mahan Kulasegaram | 2019 Young Educators Award, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada |
Darina Landa | 2019 Distinguished Leader Award, The Division of University Advancement |
Prof. Judith Laposa | |
Ms. Hana Lee | 2019 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Award, University of Toronto |
Prof. Fei-Fei Liu | ASTRO Fellowship, The American Society for Radiation Oncology |
Dr. Tatyana Mollayeva | Robert D. Voogt NABIS Founders Award |
President Emeritus David Naylor | Honorary Degree, University of Toronto |
Prof. Brian O'Dowd | 2019 Prix Galien Canada Research Award |
Mr. Ike Okafor | Jill Matus Award for Excellence in Student Services, University of Toronto |
Prof. York Pei | Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement, PKD Foundation |
Prof. Chaim Roifman | Member of the Order of Canada |
Prof. Sharon Straus | 2019 May Cohen Equity, Diversity and Gender Award, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada |
Prof. Michael Taylor | Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada |
Toronto Academic Health Science Network | 2019 Canadian Lawyer InHouse Innovation Award |
Prof. Tania Watts | JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Award, School of Graduate Studies |
Prof. Emerita Catharine Whiteside | Honorary Degree, Univerisity of Calgary |